Important Historical Events 1775-1814

French Revolution begins with the storming of the Bastille prison on 14 July.

1798

Irish Rebellion.

1799

Napoleon Bonaparte stages a successful coup d’état and becomes First Consul of France.

1802

Paris Mania : British aristocrats visit Paris during a lull in hostilities with France following the Treaty of Amiens.

1803

Treaty of Amiens expires, Napoleonic Wars begin.

1804

Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself Emperor of the French.

1805

Battle of Trafalgar.

1807

Peninsular War begins between France, Britain, Spain and Portugal.

1811

George III is pronounced unfit to rule and his son becomes Prince Regent.

1813

Napoleon’s forces defeated at the Battle of Leipzig.

1814

Allied forces invade France. Napoleon is exiled to Elba.

1815

Napoleon escapes from Elba and the Hundred Days beginThe Napoleonic Wars end with the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Waterloo.

1719

Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe published.

1722

Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe published.

1749

Tom Jones by Henry Fielding published.

1759-1767

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne published.

1778

Evelina or the History of a Young Lady’s Entrance into the World by Fanny Burney published anonymously.

1782

Cecilia, or Memoirs of an Heiress by Fanny Burney published. The following passage from the novel probably inspired the title of Pride and Prejudice: “The whole of this unfortunate business,” said Dr Lyster, “has been the result of PRIDE and PREJUDICE.”.

1789

The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne. A Highland Story by Ann Radcliffe published.

1790

A Sicilian Romance by Ann Radcliffe published.

1791

The Romance of the Forest by Ann Radcliffe published.

1792

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects by Mary Wollstonecraft published .

1794

The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe published The Fall of Robespierre by Robert Southey published.

1796

Camilla, or a Picture of Youth by Fanny Burney publishedThe Monk by Matthew Lewis published.

1797

The Italian, or the Confessional of the Black Penitents by Ann Radcliffe published.

1798

Muzio Clementi takes over a music publishing firm in London, and also begins to manufacture pianos. The piano at Chawton Cottage was built by Clementi & Co.Practical Education by Maria Edgeworth published.